NEWS & NOTES.

Marlborough Express, Volume XXXI, Issue 107, 11 May 1896, Page 1

NEWS & NOTES.

Tho Pruce Herald toys it is reported thai Mr fl. Drircr of tbe Horse Bush (b*«(o line been left a lupnc/ of fJIO.CPO by a reluiiro iv the United Sla'eg. Ti.o O-tniaruftliil records the dath of Mr J. L Fassell, ouo of tho pioneers of <he district. A n>:tire of Surrey, Eugiaud, Mr H-iasell emignfei to Viotoria, where bo took up the Moor*bay run. which afterwards beoituo a rich goldfield. He came to New Ziahnd m 1859, andpurchaand the Oamaru run from Mr Filleul. He then chartered a vessel and brought from Australia his family and stock for the fun. His flret journey from Dunedin was a memorable one, as he had to and his way by the me of a compass. In the forty-ninth registration report of MHssaohussefs tho compiler presents the statistics of 203 persona who wete reported as having died duriug the ten yenrs (1881-90) at (he oge of 100 and over. Of this uninber, 153, or 754 per cent] were females. By the Slate census of ISBS the number ' of females livir.g over 80 yenrs of ago was neatly doublo that of tnalas. The f reater ex.. posure of men to 'accidents, to weutbex ageociee, to the consfant strains of business l : fr, to the anxiety of provi.. ding f t r the family, nil tend (ncoording to ti medical contemporary) to shorten tho life of men. Tho dea'.hs by accident among man are more than threefold greoter then among women, and men commit suicide m about a three* fold ratio as compared to women. Here is a story that is being told with uadoh gusto by Oom Faal'R burghers. A father oni sou, named Preforms, were Betting out to meet Dr Jameson at Krngersdotp, and a younger son, a boy twelve years old, was anxious to go too, Bat his fathsr sosldod him and It ft him. After tho others had gone be went into the hmse took dowu an old •' annnah "—a relic of past days—and, finding some ammunition, loaded his weapon end set eff on foot towards Kruget sdorp. After walking some time he observed a hors man, approaching, and concealed himself behind an antheay. When he saw Ihat the horseman was armed, and that his horse's tail was cut. he concluded that tho man was " one of the enemy." Bo he crouched down aud took aim, an 1 at a distance of seventy-two yaidj he shot his man dead. The trooper fell from his horse, and the youthful Boer calmly took possession if his horse and accoutrements, aud, discarding bis old " eannah " rode home m triumph with hit booty. This boy will probably bo heard of agaiu. Mr J. E. Oharlton, V.3., m a lette to tbe Lyttelton Time*, expresses tbe opii ion that if the Dunediu Sooiety for the Prevention of otuelty to Animals sets about the total abolition of the practice of dishorning cattle it will land itself m a tea of trouble, diminish its popularity, limit its - uaafulnees, and eventually suffer defeat. Unfortunately, he says, the operation is sometimes performed unskill fully, and ti then associated with needless piin, and had the commit tea oonilnod itself to the prevention of this it would Le kespiog well within its legitimate province and deiervt* tbe support of all ; but the operation properly performed is not cruelty technical nor legal, nor ia it contemplated m tho letter cr spirit of the Cruelty to Animals Acts. The slight pain nttendaut on dehorning cattle sink 3 into insigtifioance before the torture and damage caused by horns m stook and sale yards, etc,, aud m transit by mil and sea , whilst tho legality has been effirmed by suoh authorities us Lords M'Laren, Traynor, WeUwood, Kyllachy, at,d tho Lord Justice Clark m the Justiciary Appeal Court of Scotland. Fob a pain m the side or ohest Ihero ia nothing so good as a pieoe of flannel dampened with Chamberlain's Pain Balm, and bouai on ovor the seat of pain. It affords prompt and permanent relief and if used m time will often prevent a cold from resulting m pneumonia, This same treatment is a fcure cure for lame baok. For sale by F. Shaw, Medunl, Hall, Blenheim. The importance ct color m barley in* tended for brewing purposes (cays the American Agriculturist) oan soaroely be overestimated. It is as necessary this ghould be right, with freelom from daik stains, as it is that the grain should be plump and heavy. Toeea requirements cm be best attained only by be* giunmg right and ao continuing until the crop is secur;d ( threshed, screened aud placed m the bin. Cultivation m most satisfactory m good, healthy soil, many successful growers preparing tha ground m tho rmtumn, thence turning ovor the surface iv the spring before seeding, which ought to be 0 uiploted as early as practicable. As barley is iuclined (0 lodge, barn yard m aim re, if used, should be w<ll rotten, applied ppnriDgly m tbe full aid ploughed under. If the so d is eowq rather thickly, the plant growth will not be too luxuriant with resultant unequal maturing of gnins. Iv the barley distiiots of Europe whero grown most successfully, the 6ood ia diillod m rows thres or four fotr apur, tha*. good light may be secured, tLis favoring the produotion of a grain rich m nitrogen. Bonn opply m the Bpriog a email quantity of nitrate of soda — say a little moro^tban 1001 be por nore. Bains at harvest time aro liable to stiin tho grain dark. I? slacked, do not mix (he hernia with the bosa of the sheivei, aa this will prevent uniformity of color, a point bo much demanded by masters. W. A, McGoire, a well-known citizen of McKay, Ohio, is of tho opinion that there ia nothing as good for children troubled with cnl !b or oroup as Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. He has used it m his family for several years with the best results, and always keeps a bottle of it m bis house. After having la grippe he was himself troubled with a severe oough. He used other remedies without benefit, and then concluded to try tbe children's niedioioe, and to bis delight it soon effected a permanent oure. For sale by F. £bvn, Medit o»l fiftll, Blenheim.